RIDE 3

For some reason the game crashes on startup, but there is a fix:
Press WinKey+R to open Run window. In it paste: SystemPropertiesAdvanced
- Press Enter
- Click Environment Variables at the bottom
- Under System Variables, press New
- Add these values to the variable:
Variable Name:
OPENSSL_ia32cap
Variable value:
~0x20000000
Click ok to close the windows
Thank you to the people on the forums who shared this with me. I've always really enjoyed this game and coming back to it after many years I still think I prefer it to the more recent titles, it has a nice relaxed vibe to it and a great selection of bikes and customisation options, it's still very much worth playing and you can grab it for a lot cheaper than Ride 4 or Ride 5.

Soooo...I just finished all of the races, including school of driving (challanging tutorial) and whole extra content.
In short words:
Riding experience is exceptional good, over 300 bikes, every one of them a bit different than the others, good sound quality, good quality graphics with reasonable low hardware requirements, plenty of events, around 100h of gameplay for you, there are bugs but not affecting your gameplay high enough to get distracted or angry because of it. Some races gonna be much more challenging than the others even on lowest difficulty but at the end of the day all of them are possible to pass.
The problems starts here:
Gameplay as a whole is good but when you realize how much potential have been wasted and how many details are missing is shocking.
- there is around 300 bikes in this game but even that you will be playing 10-15% of them, because there are only few bikes good enough to compete in medium or higher level difficulty
- Descriptions sometimes says about whole manufacture situations from time that bike was announced not about bike itself
- PP (Performance Points) and all others information about bike doesn't indicate how good the bike is
- RPM doesn't match in the game HUD and on motorcycle itself, same for speed on few
- Penalty by taking shortcuts doesn't work most of the time
- Account level only shows how much xp you have earned/how long you have been playing this game (in online mode probably) but that's all, no extra rewards for reaching high levels
- Showroom has poor lighting, poor amount of details, now much of a options just to move around the bike
- Cut scene when you get your new bike is too quick, you cannot enjoy the moment, there is only 2 animations for all of the bikes
- Appearance changes almost the same for all the bikes, but nothing that you will notice while driving your bike even from 1st person view
- Bugs not fixed, devs went on and focusing on new game
- Mostly closed famous tracks only, even that you are riding normal not sport stock bike bought straight from manufacturer

Probably my favorite bike racing game out there. It's a motorcycle encyclopedia, curated for casual fans and challenging (with the right settings) to more hardcore motorbike afficionados. Graphics are very good, handling is really intuitive, making the gameplay a pleasant experience. The only downside is the performance issues. Way too many freezes, chopped frames and occasional misplaced textures. 9/10 for a bike game, 7/10 in general (due to UE4 being dogfoo, the devs being incompetent, thus making this game's performance inconsistent).

RIDE 3 is an extremely versatile racing game, with lots of motorcycles and tracks, bundled in an expansive career mode that's actually fun to play.

RIDE 3 is a dream come true for me because it features my ultimate baby: the BMW R 1200 GS (2016). Unlocking that masterpiece through the dedicated DLC, which also comes with an extra volume and five bonus events, is such a treat. The game itself is a blast, but honestly, just seeing and owning my dream bike in-game makes the experience so much better. Highly recommended for any bike enthusiast.

I don't like the way it is presented (with cards wtf). Other than that, solid game even if a tad repetitive.

For some reason though bikes are awesome IRL, bike games are always inferior to car games. Perhaps because there is a sense of balance that is lacking, or the extremes are "on rails" vs "fall off" which is always less fun than "on rails" vs "slide out."
For what it is, it's fine although leaning more to the arcade side of things. It would suit a roaming Forza-style open world more than official races.
This is shiny, has lots of bikes, and plenty to do. Fair value (especially on sale), but suffers from the fact car games tend to be more fun.